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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Kenya	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	2,739

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.